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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Grant have to meet Klebb?

2. What does Tatiana take instead of a plane?

3. What does Kerim tell Bond about at lunch?

4. What does Kerim use to spy on the Russians?

5. Who do Bond and Kerin compare notes on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bond think of Darko Kerim?

2. What do Bond and Tatiana do when the train stops for a few hours?

3. What does Bond see when he looks through the periscope?

4. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

5. Why does Bond think the man is not mentally competent?

6. Why did Kerim make Bond visit so public?

7. What has Kerim arranged for Bond and Tatiana?

8. Summarize the novel.

9. Why does the gypsy allow Bond to stay and see the fight?

10. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Fleming's representations of the following areas. How close are Fleming's representations to the real thing? How does Fleming make his representations seem and feel real.

1) SMERSH.

2) Orient Express.

3) MI5.

Essay Topic 3

Why do the Russians think that killing Bond would cause so problems? How would the MI5 react to Bond's death?

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